Bluegills, these fish are gangsters. Meaning that they sworm the prey and submerge it by allowing the younger species to pop at it and bring it down to the larger/older of the gang. Naturally, the youngsters get a leg or head of the bug, while the larger will consume the body. Hence, my method is a typical two fly setup. Obviously, one will go deep and the other floats. Depending on your terestials, I use a floating green hopper and sinking brown beetle. Till this day, I walk away with a full count from the adventure.

As per using a 3wt rod, Bluegills are playing fish in Central PA; hence, I use them for practice on my 5wt and enjoy the fight. Where as, anything caught is the reward from casting precisely under branches and limbs or around stumps. Besides, one never knows when a large mouth bass will be hungry enough to pop a fly!